Unique Saigon Shore Excursion Tour from Cruise Port
This is a special shore excursion tour to Saigon for exploration local areas that perpetuate the daily lives of ordinary Vietnamese living in Saigon. You will find yourselves drowned in the charming beauty of countryside, with gigs, a blue canal, dinghies, a rough monkey bridge...
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Cruise Port Main Gate
- 7:30-8:00Am I will welcome you with a sign (your name) at Phu My port gate.You just walk or take short shuttle ride (around 5 minutes) from our ship to the Main Gate. I will meet you there with a welcome board (a sign of your name) and depart to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
Saigon City Tour
Then we will do this tour by seeing with many special places in Saigon as follows:
Saigon Eco Village
This place is very famous with local people for picnic and fishing at weekend. I will introduce to you how they grow the rice, how they catch a fish but in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (This is an unseen part of Saigon). We will enjoy a cup of coffee or local beer with Vietnamese style here.
The Jade Emperor Temple
Local Wet Market
Vietnam History Museum
Saigon Skydeck with 56 floor
- the second highest tower in Saigon to see a great view of Saigon.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with local specialties.
City Hall, Opera House
Reunification Palace
(formerly known as the Presidential Palace)
XQ Hand Embroidery
Optional: 45 minutes trishaw ride around the city to see the real Saigon
3:30PM - 4:30PM Trip end at Cruise port
All private tours are approximately 8-9 hours or longer depending on your time. At the end of the private tour, we will ensure that you return on-time to board the cruise ship.
Ending Point
At the Cruise Port gate
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Private transportation with A/C
- Local English speaking tour guide; other languages are -available on request
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Bottled drinking water on the car/bus
- All entrance fee
- Beverage/drinks on meal (if any)
- Personal expenses
- Other expenses not clearly mentioned in the Inclusion part
Tour Important Information
- All private tours are approximately 9-10 hours or longer depending on your time. At the end of the private tour, we will ensure that you return on-time to board the cruise ship.
- My itinerary are flexible and changeable to make you have a great local experiences.
Important message from the supplier
You will definitely leave Vietnam with a fulfilled-sense of wonder and happiness. It will be unforgettable experience!
Looking forwards to meeting you in Vietnam,
Have a gorgeous day :)
Your Tour Guide in Vietnam!
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Lee M.
Dear Clients!. My name is Lee. I was born in South of Vietnam.
- I graduated from National University in 2011 after 4 years learning for Bachelor degree in Tourism.
- I used to be a local tour guide and a tour leader for Indochina countries (Vietnam - Cambodia - Laos) more than 10 years already. I love my country so much and desire sharing many things to all my clients included cultures, customs, history, landmarks, daily life, cuisine, characteristic locals among regions, how Vietnam has changed a lot after 1990… I'm confident that when you choose me for your journey, you'll not only get the hours entertainment, shopping, sightseeing and fun but also to get the experience of learning about the culture, cuisine, people and the values from the daily life of our people from urban to rural areas. I also have experienced with the clients from all Cruise come to Hochiminh City such as: Celebrity Mellenium, Silversea, Seabourn, Seven seas, Diamond princess. . . .
- I also can arrange the Vietnam tour package 10-20 days depart from Saigon or Hanoi.
- I think I have enough experience to make your trip more perfectly.
- I would like to welcome and serve you and your friends to explore our beautiful country.
Do not hesitate to contact me should you need any assistance and support from me here in Vietnam.
Sincerely,
Lee
Reviews
W. charles N.
“Interesting and Educational Tour”
Lee is very knowledgeable, easy to understand and accommodating. The Cu Chi Tunnels tour itself is interesting and educational. Lee not only provides rich detail he also poses questions that bring you into the tour and makes the information more memorable. Would recommend the tour and Lee as your guide.
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Lee M.
Dear Mr. W. charles N., Thank you very much for your great review! I'm happy to know you enjoy my tour services very much. It was a delight to read your review. Have a nice trip in Vietnam! Best wishes! Lee
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Maaike D.
“What a memorable experience ”
From the beginning to the end our days in Vietnam were made special. Great organization, punctuality, destinations and experiences. The 10 of us were very fortunate to be able to optimize our time in Vietnam with this organization. Thank you
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Lee M.
Good Afternoon Ms. Maaike Dijkstra, Thank you very much for the review! That's a great compliment for me to work harder in the tourism to improve my tour services in Vietnam. Thank you for spending your time with my services in Hanoi, Ha Long, Da Nang, Hoi An and Saigon I appreciated it. I hope to serve you and your group again in the future! All the best to you! Lee @@
Shawn L.
“Private tour of Ho Chi Minh City”
Lee has under the weather, so MIA took his place as our tour guide with Nghia as our driver . We felt very safe with him and he got us back to thr ship in lots of time! Mia was excellent! She shared information about Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam on the way into the city. It took a bit under two hours to get from the cruise port to Ho Chi Minh City. Before going, we asked to make some changes in the itinerary and it was no problem at all to make the changes. Our first stop was at the Eco Village. Mia was very informative as we walked around and then we stopped and had some delicious Vietnamese milk coffee by the river. After that we went to a Chinese Pagoda followed by a trip to the wholesale market. It was interesting to walk around there and see all the spices and merchandise to purchase. The merchants weren’t pushy at all. We also went on a 20 minute rickshaw ride through Chinatown. This was an extra cost but well worth it. Definitely a highlight of the day! Mia took us to another pagoda. Then we made a quick change in the itinerary because I wanted to get some good Vietnamese coffee. Mia found an excellent place to purchase coffee. While there we had an opportunity to see The lacquer factory as well. After that, we went to lunch at a small Vietnamese restaurant. It was lovely. My husband has a shellfish allergy so Mia called ahead to make some changes in our meal. Our meal was served immediately upon arrival. The server was lovely. For dessert we had egg coffee, this was just as delicious as the milk coffee. After that, we headed back to the ship. It was a full day, but we were back in plenty of time, two hours before departure. I highly recommend Mia and Go With Guide tours! Mia had very good English and she had a lot of knowledge about Ho Chi Minh city. Just the fact that she was able to make a change in our itinerary was greatly appreciated.
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Lee M.
Dear Mrs Shaw, Thank you for this awesome review!!! Our pleasure comes from your satisfaction with my tour services. Best wishes, Mia @ and Lee!
$219/ per group
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